Illuminated displaying device



J. H. CHIDESTER.

ILLUMINATED DISPLAYING DEVICE. APPLICATION' FILED IIIAII. I, IsII.

Patented June 22, 1920.

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JOHN HARTFORD CHIDES'IER., OF SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY. y

ILLUMINATED DISPLAUYING DEVICE.

Application ledliarch 1` To all ywhom t may concern f Y Be it known thatI, JOHN HARTFORD CHIDEs'rEn, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Summit, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certainY new and useful Improvements in Illuminated DisplayingDevices,

is a specification. The invention relates to a device to be used inconnection with a stock ticker or like machines, and is desivned torender the tape simultaneously visible to a large number of personsandthis without handling the tape by individuals and to discharge the tapeso that it may be inspected in the usual wav if desired. Y

ybjects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in parthereinafter, and in part will be obvious herefrom, the same be-v ingrealized and attained through the instrumentalities and combinations setforth in the appended claim. The invention consists in the novel parts,constructions, arrangements, combinations and improvements herein shownand described.

The accompanying drawings, referred to herein, and formin(r a parthereof, illustrate one embodiment of the invention, the same serving inconnection yith the description to explain the principles of theinvention.

Of the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device constructed inaccordance with the princi# ples of the invention, shown attached to theusual form of stock ticker;

Fig. 2 is a vertical, transverse section o n the line A-B of Fig. 1,looking in the d1- rection of the arrows; l

Fig. 3 is a horizontal, fragmentary section on the line C D of Fig. 1,looking in f the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary, sectional detail of a magnifying device; and

Figl 5 is a similar view of a reflecting and magnifying device.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, illustrating by way of exampleone embodiment of the invention,l portions of a stock ticker are shown,comprising a substantially circular frame 1, supporting a bracket 2 forthe paper roll 3, the web 4 of paper passing from the roll through themachine and being imprinted in a well-known manner.

Specification ofrLetters Patent.

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.of such means comprises "tape 4. A guiding lip or 1 Patented June 22,1920. 1917. Vsria1m .151,e51. l

Various in dotted lines including the rolls 5, 6, 7 and 8.wl1ich feedthe strip through the machine. y he machine of my present invention isprovided with an annular frame 10, fitting over the frame 1 of the stockticker, and being attachedy thereto in a suitable manner, as by clampingscrews 11 and 12. Supported upon the frame l0 and upon the bracket 13extending outwardly therefrom is a cas` ing 14. lVithin ,the casing areprovided means for illuminating the printed ticker strip 4 and forprojecting and displaying the strip so that it may be simultaneouslyviewed bya large number of persons at a relatively great distance.kReferring more in detail tothe embodied exemplilication, asupportingrunway 16 is provided, extendinghorizontally. At the forward end of therunway 16 are upwardly extending lugs 17 and 18, which serve as sideguides' for the tape, and which supporta guiding roller 19, locatedabove the tape 4. At the other end of the runway, 16, are lu 20generally similar to lugs 17l and 18, an a top guiding and holdingroller 21 similar to the roller 19.

cans areprovided for feeding the tape through the device as it isprinted and supplied from the ticker, said means being adapted to keepthe 'ta e smooth and flat he embodied form a clock mechanism 22, whichmechanism drives a gear 23, the gear 23 meshing withk a gear 24 upon theshaft of a roller 25, located beneath the tape 4. Coperating with thedriven feeding roller 25 is a spring pressed roller 26 engaging with theupper face of the tape, and being resiliently pressed downward by aspring or springs 27, the two rollers thus providing a friction or slipfeed and tension upon the late 28 may be utilized to facilitate thethreading of the strip 4 through the machine.

In the embodied form of illuminating means, a lamp 35 is mountedwithinthe casing 14, and extends along in the same direction as the tape4. The lamp 35 is provided with a lrefiector 36, adapted to refiect thelight from the lamp upon the ticker strip 4.' The light is thencereflected by means of mirrors, utilizing also, if desired, a magnifyingdevice. and is finally presented at the exhibition point to be Viewed,as a1- parts of the stock tickerare shown ready stated, by a relativelylarge number of persons simultaneously and at relatively a greatdistance from the device.

In the embodied form, a magnifying device is utilized comprising a barof glass 37, mounted in a frame 38, which frame is carried by brackets39 and 40 at either end of'the casing. The brackets are supported,respectively, by bolts 41, with which they have a slotted connection, inFig. 2, thereby affording yboth transverse and angular adjustment forthe magnifying'V device 37.

rIhe light from the ticker strip 4, whether the magnifying device beutilized or omitted, is received upon a mirror 43, which mirror issupported in a frame 44, the frame being supported in brackets and 46,

which brackets, respectively, are attached tothe casing 14 by bolts 47.The mirror 43 is thus ca able of angular adjustment as desired. rom .themirror 43 the image from the ticker tape is reflected to a mirror 48,which mirror is supported in a frame 49, carried by brackets or lugs and51. These brackets are supported, respectively, upon the casing '14 bybolts 52, thereby being like- Wise capable of angular adjustment.

The casing 14 is provided with convenient doors or closures, a door 54having a plate of glass or other transparent material 55 therein, whichpermits viewing of the print` ing on the ticker tape at the exhibitionpoint,

as already described, and provides access to the upper part of thecasing 14. A transparent slide 56 permits a direct view of the tickertape 4 upon the `runway 16, where it is strongly lighted by the lamp 35.A door 57 permits access to the ticker mechanism.

Itwill be seen that the device, While pos` sessing the advantagespointed out, is atv tachable to an ordinary ticker without as shownclearly changing any of the mechanism thereof, merely by the use of theclamping screws 11 and 1,2.

Fig. 4 represents a form of double conveX magnifying bar 37 and Fig. 5repre- 4 sents a form of magnifying'mirror.

From all the foregoing it will be understood that a device has beenprovided embodying the objects and advantages herein setforth, togetherwith other objects and advantages, which will be obvious or which may beascertained from practice with the invention. It will also be understoodthat changes may be made from the structure shown and described, withinthe scopeof the accompanying claim, Without departing from theprinciples of the invention and without sacrificing its chiefadvantages` What I claim as my invention and del sire to secure byLetters `Patent is An attachment for stock tickers compris` ing incombination a frame having a contour to conform to the shape of a stockticker cabinet, means for removably securing said frame to saidcabinet,a casing fixed to frame and having communication with

